The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 12, 1937, Page 4

i i i Daily Alaska Empire ROBERT W. BENDER - - Editor and Manager evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE Main Streets, Juneau. Published every PRINTING COMPANY at Second & Entered 1B the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class matter SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Delivered by earrier in Juneau and Douslas for §1.25 per month. By mafl, postage paid. at the following rates One vear, in advance, $12.00; six months, in advance, $6.00 sne month, in advance, $1.25 Subscribers will co the Business Office of any fa lvery of their papers Telephones: News Office, 602; Business v will promptly notify ularity in the de- Dtfice, 374, MEMBER OF The Assoclated Precs is exclus republication of all news dispatch otherwise credited in this paper published herein. ASSOCIATED PRESS. entitled to the use for credited to it or nou also the local news and ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, OCT. 12, 1937. abolished the tortured democracy of the lobby- ist and irresponsible legislator. It may not have enacted the favored bills of particular groups, but if it ran wide of public opinion, it will have to answer with the political careers of its several members next election day. In other words, unicameralism in Nebraska has tuned the state capital in on the people’s station. On June 14, Senator Norris said, “When the work of this legislature has been fully understood and analyzed, it will have its influence upon many other states in the Union, and in time will result in the abolish- ment of the old two-house legislature, with its powerful and indefer#ible conference com- mittee in many other states besides Nebraska.” The fact that the American Bankers Association expresses confidence in the upsurge of business would indicate more than ever that the recent wobbly stock |market was a “rich man’s panic,” with the great rank and file more or less unconcerned. After all, the Washington supporters shouldn't feel so bad. Just think how the Oregon State sup- porters have been feeling for years. | The Duke of Windsor has started out to try and |find out how the other half lives. If he comes over here during the football season he’ll find out things. If Rumors Were Facts (Cincinnati Enquirer) The story is going round among the American businessmen in Shanghai that President Roosevelt is unwilling to uphold American rights in China by a strong policy “because he needs the political sup- port of Southern Democrats.” And the South sells THE SPANIARD WHO DISCOVERED HAPPY. BIRTHDAY The Empire extends conmatula-\, tions and best wishes today, their birthday anniversary, to the follow- ing: OCTOBER 12 Mrs. George Getchell | Mrs. Robert Rice James Sey William J. Baldwin e — % DAILY LESSONS IN ENGLISH By W. L. Gordon L bt Lo L i Words Often Misused: Do not say, “Dorothy was bound to go to the dance.” Say, “was determined to go." Often Mispronounced: Forte (mu- sical term). For-ta, o as in for| a as in take, accent first syllable. Often Misspelled: Cater-corner= ed; not catta, nor catty. Synonyms: Puncture (verb),| pierce, prick, perforate, penetrate Word Study: “Use a word three| times and it is yours.” Let us in-| * o, 4 20 Years Ago From The Empire | l 1 OCTOBER 12, 1917 Horoscope “The stars incline but do not compel” The British forces were attack- ing the Germans along a six-mile front in Flanders northeast of Y- pres. According to official reports the attack was progressing favor- ably. Astroloers portant day The winning of two games by the New York Giants had caused spec- ulators to raise the price of the fifth. World Series game to be play- ed in Chicago the following day. tinue to be Hewitt and Michael Sheehan, charged with stealing a gold brick from the Chichagof mine, asked for a change of venue for the trial from Juneau to Ketchikan. recover Under Oliver Olson, D. H. Christoe and |in Europe. John Williams of Douglas were on| On the maybe deer and bear, if time per-|prophesied. mitted | crease our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today’s wor: Recondite; difficult to compre- “My honorable friends and my- tain in in its war,” said a member of Ju-|fectual. policies’ will be vacilating. criticism of public. men will con- Discontent with Z. R. Cheney, attorney for J. H.lare will be widespread in the United | states, despite the improvement and enjoyed by all classes. this may be much self-deception. seers warn that this nation cannot {long maintain peace if war spreads read this as an unim- in planetary direction voiced. configuration there spy scare is ! While this rule prevails intrigue |and other devious methods will ob- politics. d: self want to help the United States ments will be numerous but inef- Reform move- The stars appear to favor labor de- mands, although there may be de- termined opposition. Public opinion regarding publi¢fined and copies obtained. A deposit { Bitterfof. $10.00 will be required to insure things as they The Pacific Coast much work a hunting trip and hoped to come‘ror defense against foreign war- back with full bags of ducks and'ships is forecast. A se colony to Mayor Attention to dress will be a fea- hend, especially with reference to Deau’s Japanes knowledge beyond ordinary’ compre- Emory Valentine. He said that the ture of the winter when uniforms I CALL FOR BIDS SEALED BIDS will be received at the office of City Clerk, Seward, Alaska, not later than 7:30 P. M. on October 22, 1937, and then pub- licly opened and read, for furnish- ing all labor and material necessary for the construction of the Seward Public School Gymnasium, a frame WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1937 |and stucco structure with reinforced concrete foundation and 5-ply built- up roof, in accordance with plans and specifications on file in the offices of H. B. Foss Company,sJu- neau, and City Clerk of Seward, Alaska, where they may be exam- the safe return of plans and speci- fications, this amount to be refund- | ed when they are returned. All bids should be accompanied by cash, ‘certified check or a bid bond, furnished by a Surety Com- pany authorized to do business in Alaska, for five (5%) percent of the amount of the bid. Should the successful bidder fail to ‘enter into a contract and furnish satisfactory stated in the proposal, the deposit shall be forfeited as liquidated damages. The successful bidder shall be re- quired to file a performance bond in the full amount of the contract ed by a Surety Company saccept- istration. performance bond within the time | price, which bond shall be furnish- | able to the Public Works Admin- | AMERICA At 2 o'clock this morning, 445 years ago, a sailor by the name of Rodrigo de Triana aboard the good ship Nina went running to the commanding officer to announce that he had sighted land. was off San Salvador, commonly known as Watling Island in the West Indies, and the commanding officer was Christopher Columbus, the man, who, to- day, more than 400 years afterward, is acclaimed as the person who discovered America. While techni- cally, it was one Rodrigo de Triana, the Spanish sailor, who really first sighted land in the New World, it was Columbus whose courage drove the old-fashioned, hazardous sailing ships across the then unexplored sea until the goal was reached. Thus it is that today the nation observes Columbus Day, in honor of the man who discovered the New World. But the history of the discovery is old stuff. It is, however, interesting to note that it was the banner of Spain which was planted by Columbus on San Sal- vador 445 years ago and to compare the Spain of that day with the little country in the south of Europe which is today torn with internal strife. Spain was one of the great powers in those halcony days of Co- Spain is not only one of the lesser lumbus. Today powers, but if civil war continues she soon may be no power at all; perhaps, only a puppet state for the great Fascist movement which is rapidly gaining strength abroad. Why has Spain deteriorated through the cen- turies until today she is torn with civil war while in the New World our own country has grown into a great nation, a-world power? Perhaps it is freedom, the guarded right of every man and woman to worship and to live as he or she sees fit. At any rate, it is for paving the way to colonization in the New World and the ultimate es- tablishment of a nation, built and thriving on free- dom of the individual that today we pay tribute to Columbus, the Spaniard who discovered America, but whose great achievement lacked the spark to keep his own country in the fore ranks of nations. “NEBRASKA SUCCEEDS” With Alaska scheduled to vote next year on whether it favors a one-house, or unicameral legis- lature, some of the results of the recent experiment in Nebraska, where the plan has been tried, are par- ticularly interesting. The publication “Law Notes” commenting on the Nebraska trial under the heading: “Nebraska Succeeds,” makes this comment: The non-partisan legislators of Nebraska's first one-house legislature have departed from Lincoln, leaving behind a record which has been variously summarized by friends and foes of unicameralism. Employers of children be- lieve the millennium was ushered in with the new legislature, and the advocates of a fair trade act concur in the belief; for the 43 mem- bers composing the single-chamber legislature voted against the Federal child labor amend- ment and wrote a fair trade act upon their statute book. However, bankers who saw this, legislature extend the moratorium law for twa years can not be expected to be enthusiastic supporters of unicameralism Mr. Average Citizen in Nebraska, like his brothers in forty-seven other states, judges the value of a political institution on the basis of personal utility: if it puts money in his pockets, lifts the family mortgage, or in any manner adds to his material comforts, it is a commendable institution, worthy of his whole- hearted support. But if the government or- gan in question gives him cause for lamenta- tion or crosses swords with his predilections on political issues, Mr. Average Citizen will his avenging pencil to the ballot box and ex- press his disapproval with an eloquent check It is this personal method of judging political institutions which explains the diversity of opinion as to the success of Nebraska's uni- cameral legislature. However, for those willing to weigh results with that fine discretion given statesmen, there can be but ong conclusion about Nebraska's new legislature: it has suc- ceeded. Sponsors ‘of unicameralism, particularly Senator George W. Norris who fathered the movement in Nebraska, see that its greatest boon to the dismal Jungle of state politics would be the enlightening ray of individual responsibility it would focus upon the legisla- tor. They believed that a single-chamber legislature would eliminate the art of “dodging responsibility”—an art which members of two-house legislatures have developed with consummate skill. They were right. There was no conference committee behind which the unicameral legislator could hide his true record while posing before his constituents as a Solon or Lycurgus; consequently he must stand or fall upon his record as written in the , journal, if he seeks the indulgence of his con- stituents to another term in office On this point Senator Norris made the fol- lowing statement: “I hope to see the people of Nebraskg, in:the next legislative election, sep- arate the wheat from the chaff, and not only defeat. the member who had made a bad rec- ord, geelect phe member whe has made a good T & iThus, Nebraska’s unicameral legislature has given the people of Nebraska a genuine representative democracy and has The place | much of its cotton to Japan. According to this some: what complex bit of reasoning, the Solid South is solidly pro-Japanese, and is exerting pressure on the President to recall Americans from China, thereby Jetting the Japanese have a free hand on the Asiatic |mainland! This fanciful theorem could easily be matched by Americans at home who are demanding a strict iso- lation policy. They are neither pro-Japanese nor pro-Chinese. They meres; want to keep out of war. And to that end they urge the recall of Americans !from the war zone and abandonment of special rights !in China. These extremists on the other wing might well notice that the President has just talked with |Mr. James A. Moffett, a high official of the Standard 0Oil Company. The Standard Oil Company has enormous invest- ments in China, quite possibly the largest of any Am- erican corporation. It undoubtedly would prefer to |see the American Government take a strong position |in the Far East and hold to it regardless of the risks. So if one’s imagination is any good at all, the visit lof Mr. Moffett is both significant and sinister. It is| ia proof that our Far Eastern policy is imperialistic. Actually neither view has much to commend it. The American businessmen in Shanghai are for- getting that peace for the United States is far more important than the safety of their investments in the war area. And the zealots who would abandon those nationals who persistently stay in the war-torn | region are forgetful of the long tradition which gives | /this country a right and an obligation to maintain | its special position in the Far East. | The government's policy is a moderate one. It attempts to avoid any serious risk of war, but at lhv' same time it seeks to give reasonable protection to | Americans abroad and to the legal rights under which | |they have been doing business. Neither the invest- | 'ments of Standard Oil nor the “pro-Japanese cotton | growers” can be said to have supplanted the Adminis- tration and the State Department as the agency for making foreign policy. The Larger Budget (New York World-Telegram) It was fitting that President Roosevelt talked as he did at Bonneville Dam, about conservation. For | |the Northwest country in which he spoke still retains | |most of its natural wealth and beauty. While promising tc balance the Federal budget next year, the President also promised to do all he {could toward what David Cushman Coyle calls “bal- | iancing the resources budget.” That means Keeping Ithe nation’s human and natural wealth from being ‘depleted, It means a wise use of our national capital. | |1t is what the corporations call maintenance. “My conception of liberty dees not permit an |individual citizen “or group of citizens,” Mr. Roose- velt said, “to commit acts of depredation against nature in such a way as to harm their neighbors, and especially to harm the future generations of Ameri- cans.” Those who think America has played the part of a wise husbandman in the past should read a book called “Rich Land, Poor Land,” by Stuart Chase. It is one of the saddest books of our generations, for it tells how our get-rich-quick ancestors have brought | to this lovely wealth-laden continent “stinking rivers, charred forests, the incomparable filfth of cities, the wretched shacks of tenant farmers along Tobacco | Road.” - Not, more than one-tenth of the old virgin forests temaih. The virgin grasslands have been burned, overgrazed and plowed and are washing and blowing | jawuy. Some 100,000,000 acres of formerly cultivated llands have been ruined by erosion. Oil, gas, and other minerals have been shamelessly wasted. Wild }ufe has been vanishing from streams, lakes, forests land plains. | President Roosevelt thinks we should stop this | |wasting. He thinks that the wise use, the replenish- ling and the developing of these resources is as much 52\ part of national housekeeping as balancing the |Federal budget. And on these problems more and |more Americans have come to think as the President does. All in Fun (Philadelphia Record) . [ We are intrigued by the possibilities of an experi- | ment being carried on in Beacon, N. Y., Sociometry, a |Journal of Inter-Personal Relations, reveals that for six months psychiatrists have been using a theater at Beacon in a new form of treatment for mental diseases, and for neuroses, especially those developed in marital life. e idea is a simple one, though its execution is somewhat difficult. If conflicts have developed ner- vous troubles in a man or his wife they are encour- |aged to act these out on the stage and get them off their chest. A “Robert” and a “Mary” who had been on each other’s nerves found a cure for their troubles by staging one tiff after another. An interesting couple whose case is reported in the journal was “George” and “Ann.” She was an actress who played sweet girl roles—and then came home to relax by calling her husband vile names in fits of hysteria. She was encouraged to play the fish- wife and the shrew at Beacon and was notably re- freshed. The hysteria abated. We think the psychiatrists have hit on a discovery useful in many ways. The unexpected guest who ar- rives to find host and hostess tossing the dinner set at each other will be pleased to learn that they are only play acting under doctor’s orders. And the husband, who comes home at 2 a.m. will meet not a grim-faced better half but a smiling creature who suggests, “Let’s play you just got home and that I'm going to hit you over the head with this rolling pin " The Beacon ‘experiment should lead to no end of fun. 1 {ing. hension. “The scientists are en- deavoring to discover the recondite causes of these things.” R - - | LOOK and LEARN By A. C. Gordon - + 1. In medical classification, what were the seven cardinal sins? { 2. Who were Damon and Py- thias? 3. What is the correct title for a woman toastmaster? 4. What are the measurements of a board foot? 5. What per cent of the sea! ice, gluttony, envy, and anger. 2. Two young men of ancient Sy- racuse who were models of faithful friendship. 3. Madame Toastmaster, or Ma- dam Toastmistress. W 4. 1 foot by 1 foot by 1 inch. 5. Pacific 40 per cent., Atlantic 25 per cent. ' IR S Y MODERN:. - ETIQUETTE By Roberta Lee | [ — Q. What is really the best test of a family's breeding, by which a guest can determine whether the | family is worth cultivating? A. Probably the real test is the etiquette of the children. If a child stands at his chair at the table until the adults are seated, if he waits until the guest is served before he begins to eat, if he doesn't jump up from the table and run away, if he doesn’t interrupt a con- versation, it reflects good breed- Q. When a woman is eating in a restaurant, should she place her purse and gloves on the corner of the table? A. Noj; she should hold them in- her lap. 3 Q. What gifts may a girl send to a man who is ill? A. Books and flowers, FORD AGENCY (Authotized Dealers) GREASES GAS — OILS JUNEAU MOTORS {| Foot of Main Street H | | S | | The Juneau Laundry ( ] Franklin Street between Front and Second Streets s o | I | { | | Japanese residents would probably will be numerous in many parts of subscribe more than a thousand the country. Women will cultivate dollars to the new Liberty Loan. ’}distinctive attire, receipt of bids for thirty days. Persons whose birthdate it is havel This project is being financed in Jeanne Eagels in “The World and the augury of & year of perplexnies|pm with funds provided by the the Woman” was the star at the in business matters. Death may af-| Rt v o % i x |Federal Emergency Administration Palace Theatre. Coming to the Col- fect certain firms that influence the!,r puplic Works and shall be con- iseum was Douglas Fairbanks in incomes of women. structed under rules and regula- | “In Again—Out Again” of which| Children born on this day prob-|yjons of the Puhlic Works Admin Anita Loos was the author and John ably will be intellectual and tal-| : = | stration as aj B Emerson director. jented. | Foen byt Ad i Sflbfi’:‘fl Ofd mi:s“hlgn. USU=! ministration, by executive orders of ally are restive under all delays. | ihe president,.and as amended for Charles Sprague Pearce, painter | Alaska. his illness was was again at the was born on this day 1851. OLhers( tren & A Attenti t Alaska Supply Company. who ha celebrated it as a birth-l‘mm no 01]1(‘5:9 tg:l:dm';u r::xlxi]nf:::‘n —— day include Edward Baldwin Glea- o > . SES 5 wage rates as shown in the Con- Miss Lenore Chapin, private sec- son, physician, 1854; Harold Har- suuotion Regulations included in |the contract will be paid on this project. No bid may be witndrawn, after the scheduled closing time for the Max Humfrey had recovered from retary to Commissioner of Educa- 1is Bailey, ornithologist, 1879. (Copyright, 1937) tion L. D. Henderson, left for the extended vacation. south n an area of the world do the Pacific .\ @ O If any person contemplating sub- and Atlantic Oceans comprise? WeontHor: Eiighest. 45 Towast 41 \ T W, Ziits b g;r“mmcasprtomm 1 y 5 0 e ANSWERS hin, APEBERL b - 4 meaning of any part of the plans 1. Pride, vanity, indolent, avar- o E‘ £ ] and specifications, or other contract Sy D AR . | THE VOGUE | Correctly Styled Clothes For Women | | 101 SEWARD ST. It you enjoy indoor sports— here’s one of the best—TRY Jones-Stevens Shop LADIES'—MISSES’ BOWLING! READY-TO-WEAR Seward Street Near Third | BRUNSWICK & —— | BOWLING ALLEYS Rheinlander and Alt Heidelberg BEER ON TAP “Tomorrow's Styles Today” = 300 Roums . 300 Bati:s | fom 250 | Sfoctal Woerly Kares | ALASKANS LIKE THE | ‘NEW AS A PAID-UP SUBSCRIBER'TO THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE is invited to present this coupon at'the box office of the CAPITOL THEATRE AND RECEIVE TWO FREE TICKETS TO SEE Your Name May Appear—WATCH THIS SPACE ‘When You’re in Love’ documents, he may submit to the |City Architect, Seward, Alaska, a written request for an interpreta- tion thereof. The person submitting the request will be responsible for its prompt delivery. Any interpre- tation of the proposed documents will be made only by addendum ,duly issued and a copy of such addendum will be mailed or deliv- ered to each person receiving a set of such documents. The City of |Seward, Alaska, will not be re- |sponsible for any other explana- tions or interpretations of the pro- {posed documents, The right is reserved tp reject rany and all bids and to waive any |informality in the bids:regeived. There is' ayailable the sum of |about Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00) for this project, which includes cost of equipment. CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA (Name of Owner) By D. C. BROWNELL, Mayor. First publication, Oct, 5, 1937. |Second publication: Oct. 12, 1937. Shakespeare was the father of twins, Hamnet (not Hamlet) and Jidith. He also had another daugh- {ter Susanna | l PRONE CARDINAL CABS 25¢ Within City Limits Cigars Cigarettes LIASHIN Candy i qu ds : SPECIALIZING | in French THE H Italian Dinners NEW | | CONNORS MOTOR CO., Inc. Let Us Check It for Winte;'— GASTINEAU CAFE Short Orders At All Hours ARCTIC || Pabst Famous Draught Beer || “Smiling Servie” |, On Tap | Bert’s Cash Grocery 1 | PHONE 105 Free Delivery Juneau l "TIMMY™ CARLSON Telephone 478 The B. M. Behrends Bank Juneau, Alaska i COMMERCIAL and SAVINGS | Hesources @Qver Two and FERRSTI . One-Half Millionn Dollars Fresh Fruit and Vegetables HOME GROWN RADISHES, ONIONS and FRESH LOCAL EGGS DAILY California Grocery THE PURE FOODS STORE Prompt Delivery ON THE MEZZANINE HOTEL JUNEAU BEAUTY SHOP LYLAH WILSON Contoure Telephone X-Er-Vac 538 isit the SITKA HOT SPRINGS Mineral Hot Eaths Accommodations to suit every taste. Reservations Alaska Air The First National Bank T CAPITAL—$50.000 SURPLUS—$100.000 L] COMMERCIAL AND SAVINGS ACCOUNTS SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES 2% Paid on Savings Accounts I i ! '